{"id":38026,"date":"2023-10-13T22:00:50","date_gmt":"2023-10-13T20:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1905876"},"modified":"2023-10-14T01:05:05","modified_gmt":"2023-10-13T23:05:05","slug":"coronation-streets-stephen-dead-after-siege-terror-but-tims-alive-in-final-twist","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/coronation-streets-stephen-dead-after-siege-terror-but-tims-alive-in-final-twist\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronation Street\u2019s Stephen dead after siege terror \u2013 but Tim\u2019s alive in final twist!"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s all over. <\/p>

By Laura Denby\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Friday, 13 October 2023 at 20:00 PM<\/p>

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Stephen Reid\u2019s (Todd Boyce) murderous reign of terror ended in his death in tonight\u2019s (Friday 13th October) Coronation Street<\/a> \u2013 but his victim Tim Metcalfe (Joe Duttine)<\/a> has survived!<\/p>\n

The final episode of Super Soap Week<\/a> began with more clues, as flash-forwards opened with Peter Barlow (Chris Gascoyne) repeating that his wife, Carla (Alison King), had been drugged by Stephen. But we\u2019ll come back to Peter\u2019s involvement later\u2026<\/p>\n

In the present, Stephen hid out of the sight and made another run for it as the police continued their manhunt on the cobbles. DS Swain (Vicky Myers) bumped into Sally Metcalfe (Sally Dynevor) at the police station, and revealed that the missing Tim\u2019s wallet had been found near the canal.<\/p>\n

Jenny Connor (Sally Ann Matthews) told Rita Tanner (Barbara Knox) that she had taken Stephen\u2019s passport to stop him from fleeing.<\/p>

Rita worried that this had put them in danger, so the pair ventured out. But when Jenny clocked that someone had broken into the boarded up Rovers Return pub, she couldn\u2019t help investigating.<\/p>\n

Teens Dylan Wilson (Liam McCheyne) and Mason (Luca Toolan)<\/a> had been on the rob; but once alone, Jenny opened a bottle, only to be spooked when Sarah Barlow (Tina O\u2019Brien) walked into the pub, revealing she had seen Jenny in an upstairs window and feared for her safety.<\/p>\n

When Jenny replied that she had never gone upstairs, they realised that Stephen was nearby.<\/p>\n

Before the pair could escape, Stephen struck niece Sarah over the head, and raged at Jenny. Sarah slowly regained consciousness, while Jenny quizzed Stephen over murdering Leo (Joe Frost) and Teddy (Grant Burgin).<\/p>\n

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Todd Boyce as Stephen Reid in Coronation Street.<\/span><\/figcaption> ITV<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

Growing erratic as he demanded his passport back, Stephen confessed his crimes, adding that it was only Rufus (Steve Meo) that he had killed with his bare hands<\/a>. When pushed for reasons by Jenny, Stephen claimed he didn\u2019t want mum Audrey Roberts (Sue Nicholls) to see him as a failure.<\/p>\n

But when he vowed that no one could stop him leaving, Sarah did just that by smacking him over the head with a bar stool! As the locals became aware of the siege, the police were called \u2013 but Stephen came to and grabbed Jenny, holding a broken bottle to her throat and emerging from the pub.<\/p>\n

Audrey joined the crowd, asking Stephen what he was doing in her usual gentle tone. When Jenny pointed out that his mum was there to witness his threats, Stephen eventually dropped the bottle \u2013 only for Peter, who had been searching for Stephen all day, to speed round the corner in his car.<\/p>\n

Peter knocked Stephen over, and after a final few breaths, Stephen was pronounced dead as Sally shouted for answers over Tim, and Audrey sobbed over his body. Audrey told the police that she wanted Peter punished.<\/p>\n

At the police station, Peter insisted to DS Swain that he only ran Stephen over to stop him from killing Jenny \u2013 adding that Tim might well be dead, too. But at that moment, Tim\u2019s cab could be seen in the woods, and in the boot, he woke up and screamed Stephen\u2019s name.<\/p>\n

Will he be found before it\u2019s too late?<\/p>\n

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